Olfaction and the Brain (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Brewer, Warrick J.

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Olfaction and its relation to mental health is an area of growing interest, evidenced by the 2004 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine being awarded for discoveries relating to odorant receptors and the organization of the olfactory system. Olfaction is of particular interest to specialists seeking a fuller understanding of schizophrenia. Clear deficits in the sense of smell could predict schizophrenia in apparently unaffected individuals. In this book, first published in 2006, Warrick Brewer and his team of experts set out our understanding of olfaction and mental health, relating it to broader principles of neural development and processing as a foundation for understanding psychopathology. The neuropathological, neuropsychological and neuropsychiatric aspects of olfactory function and dysfunction are all covered (drawing on neuroimaging techniques where appropriate), and indications for future research and applications are discussed.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Oktober 2006
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780511345890
• Artikelnr.: 38199644

Autorenporträt

Warrick Brewer is currently an Associate Professor in the University of Melbourne Department of Psychiatry located at ORYGEN Research Centre, Parkville, where he practises as a Senior Neuropsychologist in the Neuropsychology Clinic.
Nobel Prize winner. See http://nobelprize.org/medicine/laureates/1996/doherty-autobio.html. Peter Doherty was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1996 for his role in discoveries surrounding the specificity of cell-mediated immune defence. http://www.mdhs.unimelb.edu.au/aboutus/staff

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword Peter Doherty; Preface Warrick Brewer, David Castle and Christos
Pantelis; Part I. Neurology, Neurophysiology and Neuropsychology -
Olfactory Clues to Brain Development and Disorder: 1. Structure and
function of the olfactory system Alan Mackay-Sim and Jean-Pierre Royet; 2.
Olfaction and the temporal lobes Jelena Djordjevic and Marilyn
Jones-Gotman; 3. Role of the insula in smell and disgust Mary Phillips and
Maike Heining; 4. Memory of smells past Mikisha Doop, Christine Mohr,
Bradley Folley, Warrick Brewer and Sohee Park; 5. Olfactory neurogenesis: a
window on brain development François Féron, Richard McCurdy, John McGrath,
Alan Mackay-Sim; 6. Olfactory processing and brain maturation Warrick
Brewer, Stephen Wood, Cinzia De Luca and Christos Pantelis; 7. Probing
behavior regulation: role for olfaction in addiction? Dan Lubman, Warrick
Brewer and Murat Yucel; Part II. Social Functioning: Role of Evolution,
Genetics and Gender: 8. Primate evolution: anatomy and olfaction Timothy
Smith and James Rossie; 9. Genetics and family influences on olfaction
Raquelle Mesholam-Gately and Larry Seidman; 10. Sex differences and
olfactory function Kim Good and Lili Kopala; 11. Role of pheromones and
chemistry: lessons from comparative anatomy Michael Stoddart; 12. The
impact of olfaction on human social functioning Dolores Malaspina, Cheryl
Corcoran and Nora Goudsmit; Part III. Assessment and Disorders of
Olfaction: 13. Assessment of olfaction Richard Doty; 14. Olfaction and
neuropsychiatric disorders: what can deficits tell us? Christos Pantelis
and Warrick Brewer; 15. Olfaction in Parkinsonian syndromes: early
prediction? Christopher Hawkes; 16. Olfaction in psychosis Paul Moberg and
Bruce Turestsky; 17. Olfactory hallucinations Dennis Velakoulis; 18.
Delusions of body malodour: the olfactory reference syndrome Katherine
Phillips, Craig Gunderson, Uschi Gruber and David Castle.